18希伯来四章施恩的宝座,就是启示录四章掌权的宝座;这宝座到启二二1~2,成了神和羔羊的宝座,从那里流出一道生命水的河,明亮如水晶。……恩典是什么?恩典就是长着生命树的那道河流。施恩的宝座既在诸天之上,……当我们还活在地上时,怎能来到这宝座前?秘诀就在来四12,那里说到借着神活而有功效的话,剖开我们的魂与灵。……那在天上坐在施恩宝座上的基督(罗八34),现今也在我们里面(10),就是在我们的灵里(提后四22),这灵就是神居住的所在(弗二22)。基督既在我们灵里,父与那灵也必在我们灵里(约十四20、23,罗八16)。因此,三一神就在我们灵里。伯特利是神的家,神的居所,也是天的门;在那里基督是梯子,把地联于天,并把天带到地(创二八12~17,约一51)。虽然施恩的宝座是在诸天之上,我们奇妙的基督却把第三层天带到我们灵里,就是今天神地上居所的所在。……这位从神来到我们这里的奇妙基督,已经完成并成就了这么多的事,并且作了我们的创始者、使徒、大祭司,现今已经进入我们灵里,使这灵成为天的门。现在我们很容易来到施恩的宝座前,因为宝座就在门内。施恩的宝座虽然是在诸天之上,但凭着基督并借着基督,这宝座已经联于我们的灵。 18The throne of grace in Hebrews 4 is the throne of authority in Revelation 4, which becomes in Revelation 22:1 and 2 the throne of God and of the Lamb, out of which proceeds the crystal clear river of water of life…What is grace? It is the flowing river in which the tree of life grows. Since the throne of grace is in the heavens,…how can we come forward to it while we are still on earth? The secret is in [Hebrews 4:12], which speaks of the dividing of the soul and spirit by the living and operative word of God…The very Christ who is sitting on the throne of grace in heaven (Rom. 8:34) is also now in us (v. 10), that is, in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22), where the dwelling place of God is. As Christ is in our spirit, both the Father and the Spirit are also in our spirit (John 14:20, 23; Rom. 8:16). The Triune God is here in our spirit. At Bethel, the house of God, the dwelling place of God, which is the gate of heaven, Christ is the ladder that joins earth to heaven and brings heaven to earth (Gen. 28:12-17; John 1:51). Although the throne of grace is in the heavens, our wonderful Christ has brought the third heaven into our spirit, the very place where God’s dwelling place on earth is today…Christ, the wonderful One who came to us from God, who has accomplished and attained so much, and who is our Captain, Apostle, and High Priest, has come into our spirit, making it the gate of heaven. Now it is easy for us to come forward to the throne of grace, for it is right within the gate. While the throne of grace is in the heavens, by and through Christ it has been joined to our spirit.